Yesterday I saw something. And by something I mean possibly a ghost :E. It dissapeared almost immediately, and I only saw it with the corner of my eye (is that the right expression?). But my brother noticed it too, and he and my father have seen it before, sooo ( Read more... )

Has anybody read The Uglies Trilogy? From the main Wikipedia article:

"The Uglies series is a young adult book series by Scott Westerfeld. The story follows a teenage girl named Tally who lives several centuries from now in a futuristic city where people are called "Uglies" until they become 16, when they are given a surgery that transforms them ( Read more... )

Two weeks ago I read Orson Scott Card's Red Propeth book, the second on his Tales of Alvin Maker series. At the beginning of November I by coincidence bought a Nova Science Fiction Collection Package which included The Crystal City, the sixth book in this series -- and by coincidence I mean I didn't notice one of the books was by Orson Scott Card ( Read more... )

There are and have been many Fantasy movies and books around lately, and the way these stories get portrayed by the media makes me think some people still believes this subgenre is solely focused to children, when it obviously (IMHO) is not. Examples? Bridge to Terabithia, Harry Potter, Lord of The Rings, Pan's Labyrinth and Stardust, just to ( Read more... )

In January, a Publishing Company (is that the right description?) had a promotion, involving packages of five pocket books or five ‘novel-sized’ books at ridiculously low prices. Of course, some of the packages’ themes were equally ridiculous to my tastes, as I don’t read Romance or Historical -- when it is the main genre at least; I can handle it ( Read more... )

I thought it was time to write down the list of books I have read and/or bought this year. Holy shit! These past months I’ve been lucky, as usually there are not so many books I’m interested in nearby bookstores. But now I think my personal library grew in a ten percent in four months and a half. It also doubled my wish list, though ( Read more... )